Program Recognition
•Bullet: The Choral/General Music emphasis leads toward Virginia PK–12 music-teaching licensure; Shenandoah reports 100% employment for graduates who seek teaching positions and a 97% five-year placement rate.
Training
•Bullet: Begin music-education study in the first semester, then build teaching experience through peer instruction, public-school observations, field placements and supervised student teaching.
•Bullet: Music-education faculty bring public-school experience, and dual choral/general plus instrumental licensure is available with additional coursework.
Facilities
•Bullet: The Collins Learning Music Suite provides a SMART Board, video-capture system and collections of Orff, classroom and instrumental-methods instruments for planning and reviewing instruction.
